Controversies during the Turkish general election, November

Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirta? has warned his party's members not to abandon ballot boxes until official results are announced. 

The Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) will continue its efforts to turn into a political party embracing entire Turkey by abandoning its decades-old ethnic politics, its co-leader has said, vowing no return even after the June 7 election.

Turkey's three leading opposition parties slammed the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) over what they portrayed as a weakened democracy, worsened economy and botched Syria policy during their May 30 rallies.

The dynamics of the Kurdish issue have changed so much that whoever wins the upcoming election will have to face a new Kurdish reality, according to prominent security expert Nihat Ali Özcan.

The Kurdish problem-focused Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) filed an official complaint to Turkey?s Supreme Election Board (YSK) on May 5, claiming that President Tayyip Erdo?an has been taking sides on behalf of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti), despite the president?s political neutrality outlined in the constitution.

Deputy Prime Minister Yalç?n Akdo?an has criticized the main opposition leader over remarks suggesting that the Republican People's Party (CHP) will only negotiate with the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) about the Kurdish peace process if the social democratic party wins the June 7 polls.

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Yalç?n Akdo?an has said Peoples? Democratic Party?s (HDP) Co-Chair Selahattin Demirta? is under the direct ?tutelage? of Cemil Bay?k, a senior leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK). 

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has ?strongly? condemned an April 18 armed attack on the Ankara headquarters of the Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP). 

Unidentified assailants have fired on the headquarters of Turkey's Kurdish problem-focused Peoples' Democracy Party (HDP) in Ankara.

Although no casualties were reported, two bullet holes were visible on the sign at the entrance of the party headquarters in the Çankaya district after the attack on early April 18, Do?an News Agency reported.